Oral Implant-Prostheses: New Teeth for a Brighter Brain.

Several studies have demonstrated that chewing can be regarded as a preventive measure for cognitive impairment, whereas masticatory deficiency, associated with soft-diet feeding, is a risk factor for the development of dementia. At present the link between orofacial sensorimotor activity and cognit...

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Main Authors: Vincenzo De Cicco, Massimo Barresi, Maria Paola Tramonti Fantozzi, Enrico Cataldo, Vincenzo Parisi, Diego Manzoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4771091?pdf=render